Costume slip



S. L. ELLIS COSTUME SLIP Filed Aug. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 29, 1929. V 1,700,630

S. L. ELLIS COSTUME SLIP Filed Aug. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 29, 1929.

' i s r s LUcILE ELLIS, or COLUMBUS, Kansas:

COSTUME SLIP.

.Application filed August a, i927. teen m.211, 8 101 This invention relates to an article of wearing apparel for ladies and misses and'generally designated as a slip and provided with an extra piece to obstruct rays of light and prevent display of the figure and serves as a protector.

The invention provides a garment ofthe characteraforesaid which assures comfort, ease, neatness of fit, ample spread at any point and a straight hip line, besides being free from plaits and gathers and corrective of any tendency to a sway-back outline.

The slip has pieces of elastic at the top of the front at the sides of the bust to insure a close and neat fit about the bust and is formed with darts beneath the arms for tidiness of fit about the shoulders, which is desirable to the advantageous display of present day raiment and of the many colored sheer .materials.

The invention furthermore contemplates a slip which may embody a minimum amount of material free from the usual doublehem, consequently cooland light for summer wear,

- and which prevents binding of the limbs when walking or sitting, thereby resulting in a freedom of movement and producing a garment having an even hem line free from any tendency'to sag.

While the drawings illustrate a preferre embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that in adapting the means to meet specific needs and requirements the design may be varied and such other changes in the minor details of construction may be resorted to Within the scope of the invention as claimed, without departing from the spirit thereof.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and the drawings hereto attached, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrative of the application of the costume slip embodying the invention.

to in the following description and designated in the several -vicws of the drawings by like reference characters.

Theslip may consist of any material, and comprises a front 1, an-d'a back 2, which-are of similar outline, the upper portion ofthe slip being contracted or taperedfor'neat ness offit and to obviate unnecessary material. The usual' shoulder straps 3 are pro- Vided as supporting means for the garment and are attached to the top portion of the front 1 and back 2. Pieces of elastic tape 4 are stitched to the upper edge of the front 1 adjacent the sides and beyond the shoulder straps. The elastic pieces 4 serve to contract the upper edge of the front above the bust and cause the slip to fit close against the body. Darts 5 areformed in opposite side portions of the slip a short distance beneath the arms and result in a neat fit and counteract any tendency of the slip to sag 'atthe sides, with the result a straight and even hem line is obtained.

The front land back 2 are stitched together at one side of the garment, as indicated at 6, the stitching extending from the 7 top to the bottom of the slip, as indicated most clearly in Figures 2 and 4. The front and the back are stitched at the opposite side of the garment as indicated at 7, but the line of stitching terminates with a gradual slope approximately at the hip line, as indicated. most clearly in Figure 2.

A protectiveand shadowproof piece 8 constitutes in effect a continuation of the lower portionof the front 1, and is adapted to lie against the back 2, to which it is stitched along its upper edge, as indicated I i v I at 9, approximately two inches above the waist line, said line of stitching extending transversely across the back from one side ,to the opposite side of the slip. The transverse line of stitching 9 parallels thewaist line and is located about two inches therer above. Y

The side opening between the front'l and back 2 is below the line'of stitching 9 and is prevented from gaping by reason of the protective piece 8, which forms a continuation of the front. The piece 8 constitutes in effect a flap since it normally closes the side opening, yet provides for a spread of the sl1p when the wearer is walking or sitting.

The piece 8 may be of any material suitable for the purpose, and besides functioning as a flap obstructs light and maybe utilized as a shieldto protect the outer garments. It

is preferred to have the line of stitching 9 correspond approximately with the waist line and, in consequence, the slip corrects in a measure any tendency to a swayback outline, and assures a straight line effect which is desirable in a garment of this-type. The slip may be reversed, that is, it 'may be Worn With the shadow-proof and protective piecejS in thefront instead of the back. Under these conditions the elastic pieces 4 are reversed, so as to be stitched to that part of the garment facing the front, so as to draw theupper part close about the person above the bust.

Having thus described the invention, I claim a A costume slip comprising similar front and back parts, each of the parts including a skirt and a bodice portion, the sides of the skirt being straight and parallel, and vthe sides of the bodice being straight and upwardly inclined, a shadowproof and protec tional piece corresponding with each of the parts of the skirt, and lying against the back and stitched to the bodice slightly above the waist line, there being darts at the sides of the bodice just below the arms, and elastic tapes applied to the sides of the bodice adjacent and above the bust, and shoulder straps at the top of the garment.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

S LUCILE ELLIS [n s] 

